St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-11
A SPORTING CENTER.
Scenes and Incidents About the
New Turf Exchange. q"

Groups of men about town, SpOrtSmen,
business men, some without their coats,
letter carriers and, in fact, every class
of st. Paul citizens, were observed yes
terday afternoon drifting into No. M
Third street, and an inquisitive GLOBE
reporter followed suit. The walls were
lined with blackboardS bearing the ca
baliStic signs: BASE ball news and
racing events from all parts of the
United States" while an additional
slate gave combinations ON all the clubs
composing the Northwestern league,
upon which those who wanted to wager
could invest surplus capital. Behind
wooden partition ticker was bringing
Geographic Information to CO.
terie of dapper looking sports, the
leading spirit of whom was A. G.
Maynard, one Of the pr0prietors of the
new st. Paul Turf exchange.
Zone thing that wish the parents of
st. Paul to understand" said Mr.. May
nard, lis that under no circumstances
under any preteXt. We DO not propose
to be handicapped here by quarrels with
reputable citizens about inducing their
boys to gamble, but we will welcome all
others who enjoy good sport and want
to back their opinions"
In the base ball combinations the
eight clubs of the Northwestern league
were the only ones represented yeSter-
day, but the National league and
American association will be billed
after to-day. New tab books
and to-day's Derby at Louisville
will be described by quarters of mile
from start to finish, those present being
enabled to CLEAN all the information
they desire from the time the horses
start until the one and half miles are
over for this season. "They are Off"
will be the first salutation from the
ticker, then at the quarter "Goliah leads
with Jim Cove second" and so on at
each quarter until the stretch when the
crier will shout Gin the stretch,'' or
''PendenniS wins, Ganymede second"
if it should result that way.
In the
BASE BALI. COMBINATIONS
sold yesterday afternoon out of eighty
one tickets placed at 50 cents each
fifteen were on Milwaukee. Duluth, DeS
Moines and Oshkosh as winners, thir-
teen on Milwaukee, La Crosse, Des
MoineS and Oshkosh and eleven on ST.
Paul, Duluth, DeS Moines and Oshkosh.
Towards $3.50 O'clock the time
advertised for the games to Begin,
the chairs ranged around the
pool room began to fill up,
some of the occupants being County
Commissioner Daily, Capt. }. ID. Wood,
Billy Twombley, }. S. Loomis, II. X.
Mccormick, Jimmie Shea, the Ryan
house pool expert, Tommy Horn, Ed
Campbell, Charlie Hopkins, Jimmie
Moore, j. T. Curry and Oscar Wilde,
the hackman. Naturally, there was
great enthusiasm when the scores for
the first three innings showed st. Paul
adding one at time and banking Mil
waukee, and the holders of combina-
tons with st. Paul in them waXed very.
facetiouS at the expense of those less
fortunate. fc
Its a good thing" was the unani-
nous expression, and something that
st. Paul has long needed" Now WE
can sit here and know all about sporting
matters," said another occupant OF one
of the chairs, land if we want to bet,
why, we can know something about
placing our money to advantage. No
more three to one pigs in a bag for me-
In addition the ticker was utilized
to give information to those on the
anxious seats as to the batteries OF
the opposing teams, and quite
buzz was soon audible all over the room
as the merits OF the different players be-
gan 10 be compared.
u hope we will get Manning" said
an expert, ''fOr we are weak at second,
and he would be the very man for the
place"
wouldn't it be great chirped an
other, ''if st. Paul won three straight
from Milwaukee,"
''StOckwell is catching well on this
trip" said a third, but it wont do to
OverwOrk him."
These three will give an idea OF the
talk at the Turf Exchange yesterday,
but in future opinions will be diversified
with horse talk, about pedigrees, blue
ribbons, time, weight and the like,
judiciously combined with the playing
qualities of the teams of the Northwest
Association of Base Ball.
The Kentucky Derby, one and one
half miles, was the most important turf
topic discussed last evening, and the
crowd in the exchange betrayed great
interest in the betting at Louisville.
Many were disappointed at the with
drawal of GOliah, but the knowing ones
thought there would be an exciting cor
test between the nine flyers remaining.
The entries, weights, riders and betting
on this event are as follows:
Banburg Ills lbs Blaylock. $500
Montrose. .....1is Withers. ........ so
Jacobin ...11S Lewis. .......... 20
jim Gore. Ills Fitzpatrick ...... 155
Banyan. Ills g Godfrey 80
PendennlS. Ills Murphy 100
Pattern .......l1S L. Jones. 81
st. Valentine. 1IS 80 Sheridan. $780,. Is
With the books the betting was: hamburg,
6 to 5; Clarion, Is TO l; Montrose and Jaco-